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The Runamo Runes: The Mysterious Runic Inscription that Never Was!
Before the invention of paper, humanity often inscribed words, symbols, and images onto the living stone of the surrounding landscape. These images, often commemorating significant cultural events or telling ancient stories, are studied by modern scholars to piece together narratives of various ancient cultures. As is the case with all scholarship, however, there are those […]
What is the Helm of Awe? Runes, Symbols, and Viking Magic!
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Unique Viking Runes Discovered in Denmark
“These are the runes we’ve been missing,” says archaeologist. A comb with a runic inscription of the word “comb,” perhaps doesn’t sound so sensational. But it is. The comb dates to the early Viking Age around 800 CE. Just a handful of runic texts from this period exists. The comb was discovered during excavations of […]
Of Runes And Sacrifice: The Initiation Ritual Of Odin in Norse Myth
The total of the poetic, mythological and sapiential heritage of the ancient and early medieval Scandinavian tradition is contained in the texts canonically collected under the title of Edda. Within this title are usually indicated two distinct dramas: one written in prose by the great Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson (1170-1241 AD) around 1220 and therefore […]
The Piraeus Lion of Venice: Runes and Roaming from Greece to Italy
Some ancient artifacts travel from where they were first made to become symbols of other foreign lands. This is certainly the story of the Piraeus Lion. The Piraeus Lion is a marble lion displayed in Venice, specifically at the entrance of the Venetian Arsenal . As its name suggests, the statue was originally from Piraeus, […]
The Sacred Runes Learned from Heimdall
By Viktor Rydberg (1905) The mythic ancient history of the human race and of the Teutons may, in accordance with the analysis above given, he divided into the following epochs: — (1) From Ask and Embla’s creation until Heimdall’s arrival; (2) from Heimdall’s arrival until his departure; (3) the age of Skjold-Borgar; (4) Halfdan’s time; […]
The Motive Behind the Murder of Justice Scalia
I was a day late and a dollar short in terms of my timing in weighing in on the death of Supreme Court Justice Scalia. On the first day following his death, I just did not feel that there was enough evidence to fall in line with many others who […]